The 2018 Florida Legislative Session began its 60 day trek to completion on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Both House and Senate will be debating various health related bills which may be of interest to healthcare providers in the State. The following is a sample of those bills which we feel are pertinent to our clients’ practices and the patients/customers that they serve. We encourage you to review these bills, and contact us with specific questions about them. The listing of these bills should not be interpreted as an indication that their passage into law is likely. In fact, many bills are never picked up in Committee and will not pass into law. Many more will be debated, but fail when voted on. The likelihood of passage is dependent upon any number of factors and is difficult to predict with any certainty.
Some 2018 bills of interest include:
2018 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION
(HEALTH CARE BILLS)
- Air Ambulance Memberships: HB 465 Santiago/SB 784 Brandes
- Any Willing Provider: HB 143 Massullo/SB 714 Baxley
- Dental Therapy: SB 1498 Brandes
- Dependent Elderly Parent: SB 1792 Rodriguez
- Direct Primary Care: HB 37 Burgess/SB 80 Lee
- Emergency Medical Services: SB 1796 Rousson/HB 1295 Brown
- Eye Drops: HB 537 Jenne/SB 924 Baxley
- Enteral Formula: SB 528 Stargel
- Federal Waivers: SB 302 Rodriguez
- Frozen Formulary: HB 229 Massullo/SB 360 Mayfield
- Genetic Information: SB 1106 Bean/HB 855 Brodeur
- Health Care Certification: HB 81 Gonzalez/SB 628 Grimsley
- Healthy Florida Program: HB 1385 Richardson/SB 1872 Torres
- Hearing Aids: SB 890 Baxley/HB 1427 Harrison
- Interstate Insurance Compact: SB 1860 Broxson/HB 1425 Stevenson
- Medicaid Expansion: SB 1136 Taddeo/HB 911 Berman
- Nonprofit Religious Orgs: SB 660 Brandes/HB 1021 Altman
- Opioids: HB 21 Boyd/SB 8 Benaquisto/SB 458 Bean
- PBM Licensure: HB 351 Santiago/SB 534 Grimsley
- Physician Fee Sharing: SB 1862 Broxson/HB 425 Plascensia
- PIP: HB 19 Grall/SB 150 Lee
- Prior Authorization: HB 199 Harrison/SB 98 Steube
- Prior Auth for Opioid Alt.: SB1190 Farmer
- Recovery Care: HB 23 Renner/SB 622 Grimsley
- Retroactive Claims Denial: HB 217 Hager/SB 162 Steube
- Salary Tax Credit Repeal: SB 1354 Taddeo
- Telehealth: HB 793 Massullo/SB 280 Bean
Akerman is pleased to be able to offer this timely update to you. Please note that the bills listed above may be or may have been revised in subsequent committee meetings. Our team stands ready to assist you should you have specific questions and issues regarding these pieces of proposed legislation.
